{"id":2642,"date":"2014-07-04T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2014-07-04T07:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=2642"},"modified":"2014-07-09T10:23:46","modified_gmt":"2014-07-08T23:23:46","slug":"vale-dianne-hughes-rixon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kendoaustralia.asn.au\/content\/?p=2642","title":{"rendered":"Vale: Dianne Hughes (Rixon)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The NSW Kendo Team at Cowra, 1987. Dianne Hughes is holding the Champions Shield, with brothers Ted and Paul also in the front row. Rear: Jamie Fennessey, Betty, Rex and Steve Lawley. Middle: Row includes: Nagashima Sensei , Nakakura Sensei , Yoichi Yano, Michael Peters, Warren Hughes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is with sadness that we advise that Mrs Dianne Hughes (Rixon) passed away on 2 July 2014.<\/p>\n

Dianne was central to a great Australian Kendo dynasty that included her brothers Edward (Ted), Paul and her former husband, Warren Hughes.<\/p>\n

Dianne was a multiple time Australian Women’s Kendo Champion, winning the title at the 9th Australian Kendo Championships, 1984 in Canberra and again at the 12th AKC held in Cowra in 1987.<\/p>\n

Dianne together with her brother Paul were the only joint sibling National Sporting Champions in Australian history, besides the famous swimming duo, the Conrad twins.<\/p>\n

Dianne first encountered Kendo in autumn of 1977 in Japan when she witnessed a Tokyo Metropolitan Police Kendo training session in the grounds of the Imperial Palace.<\/p>\n

For fifteen years Dianne was a pivotal figure at the Sydney Kendo Club’s Willoughby Dojo and in the Australian Kendo community.<\/p>\n

Dianne lived in Brisbane more recently.<\/p>\n

The AKR expresses the condolences and sympathy of all our members to Diannes sons, Luke and James, her brothers Ted and Paul, family and friends.<\/p>\n

Dianne’s funeral will be held in Brisbane on 9 July 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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